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Build a checklist of the releases, licences and permissions your photo, audio or video needs before you publish it.
A media release checklist is the list of signed permissions and licences a photo, audio piece or video needs before it can be published — model and property releases, music sync and master licences, stock and archive terms, location agreements and drone authorisation. This builder asks what is in the material and where it will run, then returns only the clearances that actually apply, separated into required and recommended, and scores how much residual risk is left unticked. Written for producers, marketers, agencies and independent creators who need to know what is still outstanding before a launch date.
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Twenty-plus clearance rules are filtered against your actual shoot instead of a generic template.
Items are split so you can see what blocks publication and what is best practice.
Every line states the doctrine or regulator behind it, so you can explain it to a client.
You need one whenever a recognisable person's likeness is used commercially — advertising, promotion, packaging or a product for sale — because that engages their right of publicity. Genuine editorial, news and documentary use generally does not require a publicity release, though a short appearance release is still worth having, and in the UK and EU an identifiable person also means personal data under GDPR.
Two, for a commercially released track: a synchronisation licence for the composition, cleared with the publisher, and a master use licence for the specific recording, cleared with the label. Production-library and royalty-free catalogues bundle both into a single licence, but check that the tier covers paid advertising, broadcast and your territory.
Not without written permission. Posting publicly does not license anyone else to republish, so you need the creator's permission for the copyright and, if a person is recognisable in the image, that person's release as well. Platform terms grant a licence to the platform, not to you.
Yes for commercial work in most countries: operators must register and hold an authorisation — Part 107 in the US, a CAA operator ID and flyer ID in the UK, DGCA Digital Sky registration in India, and the Open or Specific category under EASA in the EU. Additional restrictions apply over people, near airports and in controlled airspace, and a location permit may still be needed separately.